HR Interviews Playlist

Although I've tended to work with very large enterprise businesses as a consultant, I've always been fascinated by startups and the lessons larger, more established companies can learn from them. Although the actual execution will always be different, I think there are some real insights around how smaller, more agile companies think about talent, candidate experience, and recruiting technology. 

My guest this week is is Ben Butler, Head of People at Dublin based tech startup Evervault. Ben has worked for startup and scale-up companies on both sides of the Atlantic. He has a really fresh approach to talent and some great insights to share. 

In the interview, we discuss:

• Recruiting challenges in technology

• The power of a strong value proposition

• Cutting through the noise

• Building effective outreach and automating follow up

• How do you keep great people?

• Building culture while scaling

• Democratising information

• Build speed into a tech stack for competitive advantage

• The future of recruiting

Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.

For many years I've been reading about the work UK retailer Timpson does to hire ex-offenders and other marginalised groups. What they do is a win win win situation. It's a win for the ex-offenders who get a job, it's a win for society as employment is a crucial part of breaking the re-offending cycle, and it's a win for Timpson as they get access to a large talent pool.

Now more than ever, employers need to be challenging traditional policies and beliefs to think differently about hiring. With that in mind, I'm absolutely delighted to welcome Darren Burns, Timpson's National Recruitment Manager and Head of The Timpson foundation, to the show. As well as running Timpson's own ex-offender hiring initiatives, Darren also advisors other companies looking to do the same, and he has some unique experience and advice to share

In the interview, we discuss:

• The work of The Timpson Foundation

• Timpson's motivations behind recruiting ex-offenders

• Breaking the re-offending cycle

• Working with prisons in the recruiting process

• The benefits of employing ex-offenders

• Advice to other employers

• Accelerator prisons and prison reform

• What's next for Timpson

Listen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.

Angela Hood, CEO and founder of This Way Global who is in the Google Accelerator program. No half hearted efforts allowed. We talked about what it takes to be brought along in this program and it's nothing short of incredible. 

• Are gaps in employment a good reason to pass over a candidate or is that bias? 

• After reading the first 100 resumes can anyone really be expected to read another 100? 

• Its pretty bad when you think most candidates apply for the wrong job. 

• Fear not, TWG has created what we knew someone would eventually build and then took it a step further and made integration a snap. 

Remember you heard it here first! The future has arrived

What exactly is High Volume Hiring? 

Is high volume different than a gig? 

Do I need a different system or will my ATS adapt?

Why are applicants dropping out at such a high rate? 

... and much much more... 

Cheese takes a nap and Madeline Laurano, Founder of Aptitude Research steps up to the mic to talk about her newest High Volume Hiring research. 

Quit rates are at an all-time high, 4.4m quit last month alone, and nearly a third of women have left or are contemplating leaving the workforce - reported by McKinsey. Let's face it the workforce, almost in its entirety, is just exhausted.

What's Talent Acquisition supposed to do? Listen...

Patterns are changing, especially when so many workers feel empowered to jump from their current jobs.

Patterns are changing, especially when so many workers feel empowered to jump from their current jobs.

In this episode, Katee and Jackye speak to Jes and Jessica, co-founders of the Rise Journey, a DEI Consultancy. They share their thoughts on a number of DEI related topics.

Join Torin and Julie in welcoming creator of Being White, Redlining, and The Inheritance on a must listen interview.

Kim Rice creates large-scale works using common materials. Her installations are a meditation on institutional racism and the policies that continue to affect American society today.

Kim earned her BFA in Sculpture and MFA in Printmaking from the University of Oklahoma. Her work has been shown throughout the country including the Alexandria Museum of Art, the Fred Jones Museum of Art, the Northern Illinois Art Museum, the Delaware Museum of Art, the Peale Museum, and Prospect.4 Satellite. She has received multiple awards, including the McNeese Grant for Socially Engaged Practice.

Born in Kentucky, raised in California, educated in Oklahoma, loved in New Orleans and now home in Baltimore, Kim’s work is influenced by her two children and the pile of books by her bed.

The world knows Mr. Rogers. Mr. T. And even Mr. Mister if you're of a certain age. But Mr. ATS? Yes, industry veteran Peter Gold has taken up a moniker that a certain podcast cohost dubbed "Mr. VHS" because it seemed so outdated. Well, Gold is on the podcast after that remark and after writing a recent article titled, "Let Them Eat AI," where he decries the trend of artificial intelligence making its way into recruitment technology. If you're on the team that thinks AI is a bunch of malarkey, love a good chat about the past, present, and future of the ATS, and adore a British accent, then this episode is for you.

Bas Van de Haterd, Mr. Netherlands and host of Talent Savvy Podcast

• Did you ever think we would see a good case for assessments in the hiring process?